Water-tight skylight



(No Model.)

A. DANZER. WATER TIGHT SKYLIGHT. No. 472,438. Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

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ALBERT DANZER, OF HAGERSTOVVN, MARYLAND.

WATER-TIGHT SKYLIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,438, dated April 5, 1892.

Application filed March 4, 1891.

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT DANZER,19SlCling at Hagerstown, in the county of Washing-V ton and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skylights, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to water-tight skylights; audit has for its object toprovide a skylight of this character which Wlll embody the elements of simplicity, cheapness, effectiveness, and which can be convenlently handled and easily put in position.

My 1nvention consists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangement of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully described in the specification and pointed out in the cla ms, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a plan View of a skylight constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 1s a cross-section of the same, taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar View taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the skylight. F1g.5 is a detail plan view hereinafter referred to.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indlcates the supporting-frame on which is mounted the skylight, which consists of the wooden end timbers A, on the inner face of which are held the side troughs B, formed of galvanlzed iron bent up,as most clearlyshown in Fig. 2, by reference to which it will be seen that they have oppositely-extended flanges b, whlch rest upon and are secured to the upper face of the timbers A, and in wardly-projectmg flanges b, which serve as end supports for the glass sections 0.

D indicates cap-plates, which fit over the upper face of the bars A and which are secured to such bars by means of screws 61. The inner ends of such plates are projected over the flanges b and formed into clamp members having downturned ends d, which fit against the glass and serve to hold it in place, the outer portions of the plates D being bent down, as at D, such bent portions extending below the bar A to cover the joint between it and the frame-timber A 011 which it is secured.

WVhen two or more glass sections are used, a center rib or support is provided, which con- Serial No. 383,800. (No model.)

sists of a double metallic trough-section B, formed with a central supporting portion B which is held on a cross-bar E by a cap-plate D which projects over the adjacent ends of the glass sections, which are supported on the oppositely-projecting flanges b, to which are soldered the upper ends 71. of an angle-brace H, as shown.

F indicates a screw, which serves to hold the cap-plate D on the cross-bar E.

Jindicates the bottom timber of the skylightframe, which is secured at its ends to the end bars A, and upon this timber is mounted a bottom trough K, arranged to receive any water that may condense on the under side of the glass, and such trough, which is most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, is formed of a J-shaped metallic body, the lower bent flange of which is extended up to a point above the glass sections, the upper edge being folded on the inside and bent inward to form a ledge k for the lower ends of the glass sections to rest on and to receive the putty to bed the glass in, whereby to make a perfectly-tight joint. The inner upturned flan ge k does not extend up to theunder face of the glass, whereby a passage k is formed to permit the condensation to run down into the trough K, from which it is discharged through the opening k in the lower flange k, and to avoid the possibility of any water entering between the timber J and the supporting-frame a guard-plate L is inserted under the trough K, which is formed with a downwardly-bent flange L, which extends over the front, as shown.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be noticed that the ends of the troughs B project through the lower flanges 7c of the trough K to admit of the ready discharge of the water collected therein. The upper portion of the skylightframe is constructed in substantially the same manner as the end pieces, the abutting ends of the flanges I) being mitered, as shown, and soldered tight, reinforcing-plates N (shown in dotted lines) being secured to the under face of the mitered ends, which serve to add additional strength and render the joint the more safe from leaking. The troughs B and K are soldered together at O to hold the several frame-sections the more secure and watertight.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the advantages of my improvements will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a water-tight skylight, the combination, with the end timbers A, the troughs B, arranged on the inner faces thereof, formed with oppositely-projectiug flanges I) b, the flanges 11 forming the support for the trough B 011 the timbers A, and the glass section (3, supported on the flanges b, of the cap-plates D, held on the timbers A on the flanges Z1 and having clam p portions adapted to project over the troughs B and clamp the glass on the flanges I), and means for securing the plates D on the timbers A, all arranged substantially as shown, and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the main supporting-frame A, the timbers A, the trough B,the glass 0, arranged as shown, of the cap-plates 1), adapted to be secured to the upper face of the timbers A, said cap-plates formed with clamp portions adapted to engage the glass U and with a downwardly-extending flange D, adapted to overlap the outer edge of the timbers A and projected over the joint between such timbers and the frame-timbers A, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with the glass sections C C, of the bar E, the double trough-section B B, formed with a central portion supported 011 the top of the bar E and with 0ppositely-projecting side flanges Z), forming supports for the glass sections, the eap-plates D, secured to the upper face of the bar and adapted to hold the trough-section B 3 in place and formed with oppositelyextending clamp portions arranged to clamp the adjacent ends of the glass sections 011 the Hang: Z) Z), and the angled braces II, fitted over the lower ends of the bar E and secured at their upper ends to the flanges 12, as and for the purpose described.

ALBERT DANZER.

Witnesses:

Gnonen (J. SNYDER, WILLIAM II. ARMSTRONG. 

